It's been a truly blue week for pro-unification splittists here in the Republic of China on Taiwan (or whatever.)
Now that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (連戰) political funeral is underway, it is clearly time to prepare for the real funeral of his military backer, General Ma Ho-ling (馬鶴凌). As a man of honor, he will surely keep his word.
As for his unfilial son, who recklessly carried on with his candidacy for the KMT chairmanship despite his father's promise to kill himself should he do so, he must be punished for acts against Chinese culture, namely wannabe patricide.
Cry-baby People First Party (PFP) Taipei City Councilor Mike Wang (王育誠) continues the tradition of the PFP's elected officials bearing false witness for political gain in the manner of their shameless mentor, PFP Legislator Diane Lee (李慶安).
All, mercifully, is not lost for the Greater China green card clique: Lien dynasty scion and lumpen rapper Sean Lien (
William Meldrum
Taipei
The muting of the line “I’m from Taiwan” (我台灣來欸), sung in Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese), during a performance at the closing ceremony of the World Masters Games in New Taipei City on May 31 has sparked a public outcry. The lyric from the well-known song All Eyes on Me (世界都看見) — originally written and performed by Taiwanese hip-hop group Nine One One (玖壹壹) — was muted twice, while the subtitles on the screen showed an alternate line, “we come here together” (阮作伙來欸), which was not sung. The song, performed at the ceremony by a cheerleading group, was the theme
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